SHUM 4650

Poetry in the Expanded Field

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

What does it mean to make a poem? How might the act of poetic making—poïesis—unfold on the canvas, on the letterpress bed, or within a graphics layout program like Adobe Illustrator? What choices, what innovations in form, become possible when the fabrication of poetry is an equally textual and material process? An interdisciplinary seminar and collaborative workshop, "Poetry in the Expanded Field" combines critical inquiry with sustained creative practice and experimentation. We will examine emergent practices at the intersections of drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, poetry, song, dance, performance, film, and digital technologies, while also engaging in archival research and practicing poetic composition and 2- and 3-D design in programs like Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. For additional information visit the Society for the Humanities website.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (LA-AS, ALC-AS)

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